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The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
VERY UNCERTAIN.
The Dominion Disturbed over the uncer-
tainty a- to the Actual Results ofthe Re
cent Elections.

The Dominion Disturbed over the uncer-
tainty a- to the Actual Results OF the Re-
cent Elections.
BosToS, Feb. ~ An Ottawa (Ont) dis
patch to the Herald says: The uncer
tainty with which the country, above party
lines, regards the political situation Is un-
mistakably instanced in the complete de
moral2ation Of business from one end Of
the Dominion TO the other. The greatest
anxiety prev ails, and te.egrams are pour.
ing in from business men from every
quarter to learn the latest official news,
Even the assurances OF Sir John Mac
Donald, and of his cabinet, that the govern
ment has been sustained by fair working
majority, fails to establish confidence
that there VIII not AT an early day, II not
immedia toly, be change of admiuistra-
ton and cons queut change In the fiscal
policy Of the country. That the effect Of
this uncertainty extends beyond the
limits of the Dominion was clearly shown
IN the drop in Car ada Pacific shares the
moment there appeared to be any doubt
IF the Governments success.
The situation IL peculiar one. The
Premier himself can only have an approx.
mate idea of the majority he will have in
the next Parliement There will be twen.
ty-nve seats contested, including Sir
Johns in Kingston, where he was elected
by only twelve majority; Sir Hector Ian
geveins in Three Rivers, where his ma
jority was only ten. and Sir Adolph f.
Carons in Quebec. 1t is also stated that
Hon. John Carvings seat will be con tested
in London,
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
INDIGNANT EDITORS.

Country Newspaper Proprietors Charge
Man Said to BE Connected With Com
cern which Thrives on Their Patronage
with In,ugurating Movement lnj uri-
Gus to Their Interests.
MANSFIELD, O., Feb. 26-The country
editors Of Ohio are, many of them highly
incensed against one W. S. Cappeller, who
IL said to be one of the principal propfir-
tors OF the American Press Association, a
concern which supplies the country pa
pers with plato matter, for the move he
has lately inaugurated against the coun'
try press in the matter of rates paid for
legal advertising. Cappeller claims that
the prices paid are too high 10 country pa
pers, but only fairly adequate for the
metropolitan dailies. On the other hand,
the country editors insist that a
legal 'adn ia not like COM
mercial notice, demanding the widest pos
slble circulation, but if published in a
journal circulating generally in the
county or district where those affected by
the lad" reside, that il is often more
effective dissemination OF the notice than
might be obtained by insertion in jour
nal OF much greater circulation. The
country press will Of course take this
matter up, and the prospects are that Mr..
Cappeler has tackled rather more than he
will be able to handle
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

TIVE poisoning Of another woman, maxi
ing FIVE in all, is now alleged against Law
renee Krueg, who lies in the county Jail
at Chicago suspected of numbering three
wives and a stepdaughter.
| The steamer W. ii. Gardner, one OF the
largest boats on the Tombigbee river, was
burned ON the lst. Twenty lives were lost
/ THE Interstate Land Company, with
headquarters Mt Kansas City, has pur-
chased the Arkansas land grant, contain
ing 100000 acres, situated in Texas,
New Mexico, and Colorado.
! TUE President has given no intimation
as to when he will make the Treasury and
Interstate Commerce appointments.
Four barge. containing 10000 bushels
Of coal were sunk at Pittsburg on the 2Sth.
AN epidemic of measles is prevailing at
Lewis, Del. Five persons have already
died, and several hundred persons are
prostrated.
TIME colored children, aged :, Q and
IA years, were burned to death st Ma
rianna, Ark, ON the 18th.
| Six boys were killed on the Lehigh VA.
lev railroad. near Easton, Pa, on the goth.
| In the Senate on the 26th, Senator Hoar,
from the Library Committee, reported a
bill appropriating 10000, for the compile
ton of the monument at Fredericksburg G.
Mary, mother of Washington.
The largest oil well in Wood county,
Ohio, was struck on the Goth. The flow is
at the rate of 5000 barrels per day.
| IT is the general opinion in Washington
tha at the President will veto the bill making
the head Of the agricultural department q
cabinet officer.
The steamer Freddie Robinson struck n
snag on the 26th about six miles above
Little Rock, Ark, and sunk. The cargo
consisted of cotton and cotton seed consign.
sd to parties in Little Rock.
THK Legislature of West Virginia ad
journed on the 26th with a large quantity
of unfinished business on hand. The great
est mistake made by the late Legislature
was the failure 10 pass the general appro.
priation bill, and great deal Of dissatis.
faction is being expressed by every one.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN, of Ohio, pro
poses to make a southern tour soon In the
interest Of his candidacy for President
He will visit Nashville, Chattanooga, At
lanta Birmingham and Memphis.
A SLIGHT shock of earthquake was felt
at Aususts, Ga, on the 26th, but caused
no excit ment. IL was also felt at Savan-
nah, Charleston and elsewhere in South
Carolina.
The little child of Mr.. s. p. Alexander,
aged two years, living in Weakley county,
Tenn, was drowned on the 25th in wash
tab. Il was out PLAYING In the yard and
vas fosnd n the tsb by . brother sight
yoars cd.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
SIR WALTER SCOI'

No. ae sueceeded In Myshhying the II"
auisitivs Czsr Alexander i.
Among the many good stor,es oi.
Walter Scott loved to tell not the least
amusing was that which describes no"
he contrived to mystify no less pe er'on
than the Gar Alexander l., who Nas
indeed an admirable subject for mysn'
fcation. During his visit to Paris, In
1918, he was presented to the crowned
enthusiast The Car, seeing ms lame.
ness. asked the question which would
naturally rise to his lips in those hgh-
ing times: "In what affair were you
woundedp" "Scott." as Loekhart re-
peats the story, "signiiied that be suis
fered from natural infrmity; upon
which the Emperor said: Il thought
Lord Cathcart mentioned that you d
served. Scott observed that the Earl
looked little embarrassed at this, and
promptly answered: oh! yes; in GER
tain sense l have served-that is in
the yeomany cavalry; home force
resembling the landwehr or land
,turm' Under what commander
Sous M. lie Chevalier Rae Were you
ever engagedP' In some slight ao-
tions. such as the battle OF the Cross
Causeway and the affair of Moredun
HILL" At this point the face OF LORD
Cathcart wore an expression when
stopped any further "reminiscences from
Scott, and the Emperor was no more
mystified than just served to save Sr
Walter from awkward questions. Bat
ties such as that of the Cross Causeway
and "affairs'' of Moredun Hill were
doubtless not very serious. The Gar
wo,.ld no, have thought much OF them'
though they made Sir Walter soldier
onongb IN be welcomed with efiusion
by the Hetman PLATO who had never
read his works and could not speak ms
language. There must have been some
thing soldierly and martial in Sr /" al
ter's nature or he would not have oeeu
greeted as one Of themselves by l'o
hardened fighting men collect in Paris
in 1915. Given this fine natural tend
ency to the noble profession of arms
two years of peaceful service as quar-
termaster of the Edinburgh volunteer
cavalry were enough to make Scott as
good soldier as any man can be who
has not actually smelt powder. In
deed, he can not possibly have been
more ignorant of the mere business of
soldering than the officers OF the PEN
insular army, IL the Duke of Yelling
toms judgment of that gallant force as
expressed in repeated general orders,
are to be accepted rs sound. As for
the root of the matter, the readiness to
lay about him In case of need there
never was any doubt oil that point.
The countryman who dismissed the
story that the mob had stormed ABB
botsford. with Sir Walter in it. without
loss of life, on the ground that il was
manifestly absurd, knew his man
Carlyle, for all he was so pharisaicaI
and splenetic. and know not what in
his famous essay, has noted, as well as
the most unmeasured of Scott's adj
mirers, that he too was as good bor-
derer Of the old Hardenstamp as ever
rode out intent on turning his coo into
kye at somebody's expense.--Art Jour
nal
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
A Terrible Murder,

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. pa foul
crime was committed In Roane county to-
day. A young man named Newman was
employed TO move woman and her
daughter, named Weaver, from Kingston
TO Rockw ood. He was driving on noun
tain road. The wagon was loaded With
household goods, aud beside him set the
lb-yesr old daughter OF Mrs. Weaver,
when suddenly a man named Epps sprang
from the roadside with double barrel
shotgun, and without a word lie leveled
it at Newman and firel both barrels, which
were loaded with iuck.shot. Newman
rolled from his seat . corpse, and the
young gill fell back 10 the wagon with Q
dozen bul3ets IN her breast Spps escaped
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
AN EXTRA SESSION.


The Chances For and Against q Called ses-
siop of Con ,res. to Complete ths Appro
priation BiIIs-ThIngs Badly Muddled at
the CsDitaL
WASHINGTON. Feb 2s-The prospect OF
an extra session OF Congress, resulting
from failure 10 pass all needed ana nee
essary appropriation bills, is seriously
discussed here and ono Is sure 70 come
unless Congress transacts more business
within the remaining four Legislative DAYS
Of the session than II has been known 70
do for the last twenty years.
Opinions Of members Of the approprla-
ton committees Of the two Houses are
most valuable in predicting result one
wav or another and leading and well m
formed members Of these committees dil-
fer about it.
Ar. Allison, chairman Of the Senate ap-
propriations committee, feels doubtfuli
while Mr. Beck another member OF that
committee, thinks 1t extremely doubtful
whether all the appropriation bills can be
cleared up in time for adjournment at
noon next Friday,
Representative Lefevre, OF the House
appropriation committee, says things are
In a bad muddle, and he thinks the pas
sage Of all appropriation bills before the
fxed time for adjournment looks doubt
full
Mr. Randall, chairman of the House
committee, and who, perhaps, knows bet
ter than any other Congressman the
amount of work 10 be done before the day
Of adjournment, thinks there is ample
time to pass all the appropriation bills.
He has purposely delayed on approprla
tion bills In order to prevent IN the
last DAYS ofCougress rush OF unaecess-
sary and, perhaps, pernicious legislation
Frequently the last six days OF ses
sion has witnessed a scramble for the
passage, under suspenso Of the rules, Of
all sorts of bills, good, bad and indiffer
ent, and Mr. Randall, IL is said, IL deter
mined this year to prevent a recurrence
of such hasty legislation by keeping Tho
appropriation bills in the way and using
up the remaining time Of the sessi on witt
their consideration and passage
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FEATHERED PROPHETS.
Peculiar Notes Foreteiling Rain sounded
by Certain Species OF Birds.

Peculiar Notes ForeteiiIng Rain sounded
by Certain Species OF Birds.
Quite a number of birds announce
the coming of rain; for instance, the
magpie, the owl, the yellow thrush and
the greeniinch. This is also done 10y
means of peculiar notes which they
never sound on other occasions. Mic
olardot has essaycd TO reproduce these
notes by letters. There are also storm
birds, so-called procellaria, which in a
similar manner-that is to say, by the
use of certain peculiar sounds-predict
the coming of storm, even a long
time in advance. Birds thus can feel
and announce the coming of rain and
storm; and the ancients ascribed to
them the faculty of prediction. In
their flight and in their voices indica-
tons of coming events were sought.
The augurs of old had established a
whole science of the flight and the
voices of birds. Nor is il improbable
that training was rosorted to, to aid in
procuring such pred ctions-that is to
say, to create favorable or unfavorable
omens, whichever might happen to
best suit the plans of the priests
at the time. Louis Napoleon, in
our nineteenth century, intended to
ronvince the French people, by
the aid Of trained eagle which was to
have alighted on his head at the right
moment, that he was the predestined
successor of his great uncle. Ncolardot
does not go quite so far as the augurs
Of the ancients, but he also ascribes TO
birds prescicncc of coming events. es.
pecially of approaching misfortune, to
which feeling they lend expression by
certain peculiar sounds. As an example
he cites tale from O'Mcara's "Vcice
from st. Helena" When the French
entered Moscow, this author relates a
great flock of rasens came and settled
on the towers Of the Kremlin. From
there the e birds, to which the ancients
asbribed great sagacity, came flying
down close to the heads of the soldiers,
Tapped their wings, and kept up con-
linuous croaking. The troops were
much disheartened by this occurrence
and feared misfortune. Shortly before
the terrible conHagration broke out all
the ravens had disappeared, flying
away in great numbers. s.-Ueber Land
md Meer.
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ALL SERENE AGAi N.
An Understanding Reached and the Milll
WIN start Again.

VIII start Again,
PITTsBURaH, Pa, Feb % AT late hour
last evening President Weige and Secre
tary Martin, OF the Amalgamated Associ
alton Of Iron and Steel Workers, met with
President Glessnsr of the Laughlin a
Mingo junction Steel Company, and 90
committee OF steel workers from the
Mngo lodge, in conference at Steuben
vile, OHIO. II was agreed that the con.
tract and rules entered into by the com
pany and Knights of Labor January 10,
1857. shall be recognized throughout the
present year; also in event of mechanical
breakages and the company request the
men TO remain pending repair, the en-
ployes shall be paid. as are the employees
of the Bcllaire Nail Company.
1t was further agreed that ia the opera
ton Of the Laughlin & Mingo junction
steel plant the Amalgamated Association
of Iron and Steel Workers should not at
tempt to control the distribution Of the
products OF the steel plant unless TO such
mills where their organization exists
and is on strike by order Of executive Off
GERS of the Anna gamaied Association.
The mill VIII be m operation to-day, and
there is great rejoicing. 1t is distinctly
understood that the Amalgamated Asso-
citation will be recognized as having luris-
diction in the plant
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
End of An Unfortunate Venture.

DOVER, n. H., Feb. IS. The Great Falls
woolen Company's property at Great
Falls has been sold to Thomas l.. Robin
son, of South Windham, Me, for $4,000
free of debts. The company which form
erly occupied the property had capita
Of 500 0o1, and was in debt TO q large
amount and Obliged TO discontinue work
six months ago. The old company, with
money received from Mr.. RlDiason and
small assessment on the stock, will pay
all debts, leaving for them fifty cents on
the dollar for what they originally pu
into it. Mr.. Robinson takes possession OF
the hrst Of April, and will at onos besip
TO msnufscturo cashmeres
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
MADAME MAlIBRAN.

Unfortunate Career In America Of the
FIr.t opera singer Heard In Washing
ton.
Mime. Malibran, who was the first
opera singer heard in Washington
came to the United States with her
parents. Senior and Nine. Garcia, when
a girl In November, 1925. the Garcia
troupe made their first appearance in
New York. in IN Barbiere." They
also produced several Of Rossinfs
opefas. which were novelties there and
then. But this daughter was not con-
sidered to have succeeded. Rosina and
Cenerentola were her most popular
parts. but she made very favorable
4 impressioR as Desdemonia, in which
one nipht when she came to the foot
lights to obey an encore, the audience
begged her to sing "Home, Swee'
Home" which she did, much to their
satisfaction. and perhaps to her own
amusement
Garcia soon saw that his enterprise
must fail. There was then in new
York a French merchant named MALI
bran, certainly fifty years old, who had
the reputation of being immensely rich.
He fell In love with Miss Garcia, and
offered her his hand. The poor girl,
not quite eighteen, knew not what TO
do. what to say. Malibran. in reply TO
Garcia's complaint that his daughter $
marriage would deprive the family OF
the fruits Of her natural gifts as vo'
calist, magnifcently promised to pay
him 100000 francs as an equivalent 90
December and May were matrimonially
united. Malbran made handsome mar
riare settlements on bis bride. and the
nuptials came off on March rs, 1926,
one day before the lady bad
completed the ripe age of eighteen. In
a few weeks Malibran became a bank
rupt and prisoner for debt, without
having paid any thing to Garcia. who
went off to Mexico. Nine. Malibran
got an engagement as singer at one
of the New York theaters, her salary
being paid every night in advance to
her husband. She had already, from a
sense of justice, surrendered TO his
creditors the marriage settlement which
he had executed. At last she was com
PEELED to leave him and return to her
native Paris, in December, 1927, before
she was twenty. There she resided
with her husbands sister. Never
again did she visit America, though
she always hoped, after she had become
the best singer in Europe, to have had
that satisfaction.
Nine. Malibran sang in private, be-
fore select and very critical
company, very soon after her re-
turn to Paris. and the verdict be-
ing emphatically in her favor. she i'm
mediately was asked to perform at the
Italian opera, which she did in January.
1928, in "Semramde. The impress
sion which her youth and beauty pro-
duced upon the largest and most bril-
liant audience she had ever seen was
not weakened by her singing. She re-
ceived regular engagement at the
Italian opera, and soon established
herself decided favorite with the au.
dience. She appeared in many of Ros-
sini's operas, which the vast compass
of her voice (contralto) enabled her to
do Justice to. Once successful in Paris,
she was welcomed everywhere else,
and possessed increasing popularity In
England, France and Italy during the
rest of her life, period of not less
than eight years She died in the au.
tumn of 1886, in her twenty-ninth year
ben Periey Poore. in Boston Budget.
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REBElllOUS BEASTS.
Philosopher Arp Tells Of His Tribulations.
and How He Lost Confidence In Cows.


and How He Lost Confidence In Cows.
| turned the cows out, and as old
Bess was little slow in going just
caught her by the tail and gave her a
switch with it to hurry her up little.
I've been feeding old Bcss off and on
for five years, and l thought that she
honored me and respected me, but sud-
denly, in the twinkling of an eye and
with malice aforethought, she rails
ed her hind leg and let fly at me with all
her might. She hit me on the shin
bone, and you might have heard the
collision for fifty yards. 1t hurt so bad
let go her tail prematurely and hol-
Tered. 1t was cowardly act of hers,
but nevertheless l shall hereafter let
those cows tails alone. thought from
the report that the bone was broken,
and took on powerful and let Carl
help me all the way TO the house. but
when examined found the bone all
right and only the epidermic cuticle
abraded. I've lost confidence in cows.
They have no gratitude and no emotions
Of an exalted character. They are not
fit for pets. A horse belongs to the
nobility, but COW Is scrub. She has
about as much affection ms mule. She
is q machine to manufacture milk, and
that is all.
Nevertheless, never like TO sell my
cattle to the butcher. ! never kill one
for my own use, and never want to
eat beef-steak that comes from one Of
my own raising. Now hogs are very
different. have no lingering affection
for live hog. l can see fat one
killed with perfect indifference. 1t is
his nature to be killed. He had just rs
lief be killed as not. There is no at
traction about him; no beauty or come
liness, no traits of character, but after
he is dead and dressed and dissected
there is greater variety of good
things about him than about any other
animal. There is backbone and spare
rib and sausage and hogs feet and
hogs head and brains and jowls and
turnip-greens and souse and lard and
cracklin-bread and middling and ham
and shoulder, and they are all good
and yet all different in taste and salts
faction.
Well, the other morning went down
TO feed the hogs, and as ! was throw
ing the corn over in the pen the old
cotswo d ram jumped in to divide the
breakfast, and as he was butting the
hogs around lively p cked up little
stick and climbed over the low fence to
chastise him and make him depart those
coasts. l had spme lttl hesitation
about this business, and roceeded
slowly and shook the stick at him. He
just stepped backward little and
bowed his neck and doubled up his
fore feet and made lunge ut me, and
would have knocked me clean over the
fence but was over before he got to
me. l was as mad as Jul us Caesar,
and grabbed up a fence rail and sto d
outside and punched him until he
jumped cut where he Jumped in.
The good book says tina man shall
have domin on over the beasts OF the
field but it looks like mine are in .
state of rebellion, and are trying to
have dominion over rne.-Atlanta Cos-
'S
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
England TemporIying.

LONDON, Fob. 2s-The session of the
Cabinet yesterday is known TO have beei
exclusively occupied in the consideration
Of the threatening state Of affairs in Ire
land. The air is heavy with disquiotin
rumors Of the removed activity of secre
societies whose aims are hostile to tn
government Dynamite conspiraeies, in
volving destruction Of English life am
property are again under way, according
10 approved report and the detectives are
busy in both Ireland and England unearth
ing these dangerous plots. There is an un-
easy feeling among the public, and
meanwhile the authorities maintai n strict
reticence or vouchsafe only meaningless
assurance
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
Moody and saukey to EvanseIize Chicago.

PirrsBuRG, Feb. Ezra d. sankey. the
evangelist, whose gospel hymns are sung
on the continent, was in the city to-day
eu route from his home in Brooklyn 10
Newcastle, Pa, where his aged mother
still resides. He will leave In few days
30 confer with his co-laborer, Rev. MIR.
mooly, in Chi ago. These two men have
on hand a moustrous undertaking; they
will endssvOr TO evan eli2e Chicago, and
TO this end will er ct "a building 20 that
city 10 cost S2l0.OO0 for the training OF
Christian workers. Tho contract for the
building will lie let in very short time,
the money, the greater portion of which is
donated by the wealthy residents of Chi.
cago, having been all secured.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
An English alliterative triumph

An English alliterative triumph is
the following line, composed by lady
in the year 1900 on the occasion of a
gentleman of the name of Lee planting
a lane with lilacs:
Let lovely lilacs line Lees lonely lane
In which not only every word, but
every syllable, commences with the
same letter.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
cRnrEs AND CASUALTIES.

AN earthquake calamity visited conu-
mental Europe on the 23d, and appalling
loss Of life and widespread destruction OF
property il reported, particularly from
the Southern and Mediterranean portions
Of Italy.
NATIVES Of the Friendly islands are still
greatly agitsted over the trials and SEN
toncos Of the men who assaulted Mission
aky DalBDe. and . bloody outcome 10
lglpe& 4 nEztteA vesssl Aas sailed from
y - + & - 4 - : = -
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05
A woman will tell her friend tina,

"A woman will tell her friend thai
her bonnet doesn't fit, that her new
dress wants taking in the waist, or let
ting out in the hustle, or something
like that, but no woman will ever tel
even her bitterest enemy that her baby
is anything but absolutely perfection.-
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Indian still holds ~, 0oa a0Q
sores In this countxy.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-05

"A lcur-seated hanson cab has bssq
lstEodueSa y 1As,sht ~